Buch

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Übersicht

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Verlag	:	transcript
Buchreihe	:	Medical Humanities (Bd. 5)
Sprache	:	Englisch
Erschienen	:	05. 2020
Seiten	:	200
Einband	:	Kartoniert
Höhe	:	225 mm
Breite	:	148 mm
Gewicht	:	318 g
ISBN	:	9783837651638
Sprache	:	Englisch
Illustrationen	:	Klebebindung, 32 SW-Abbildungen

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Produktinformation

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In the mid-1870s, the experimental therapy of lamb blood transfusion spread like an epidemic across Europe and the USA. Doctors tried it as a cure for tuberculosis, pellagra and anemia; proposed it as a means to reanimate seemingly dead soldiers on the battlefield. It was a contested therapy because it meant crossing boundaries and challenging taboos. Was the transfusion of lamb blood into desperately sick humans really defensible?The book takes the reader on a journey into hospital wards and lunatic asylums, physiological laboratories and 19th century wars. It presents a fascinating story of medical knowledge, ambitions and concerns – a story that provides lessons for current debates on the morality of medical experimentation and care.

Pressestimmen

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Besprochen in:https://lithub.com, 12.10.2020https://www.books-readers.com, 10 (2020)Zeitsprung, 08.07.2020 Journal of Medical Humanities, 43 (2022), Ericka Johnson»Insgesamt hat die schwedische Medizinhistorikerin eine interessante und lesenswerte Studie vorgelegt, der [...] das Verdienst gebührt, ein ansonsten nur randständig wahrgenommenes Thema quellen- und facettenreich auszuleuchten.«»All in all, the Swedish medical historian has presented an interesting and readable study, which [...] deserves the merit of illuminating a topic that is otherwise only marginally perceived, rich in sources and facets.«

Deine Buchhandlung

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